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Brian Blessed opens up about loneliness after death of wife

Actor has leaned on fellow star Sir Michael Palin who also lost his wife

The Independent UK

Michael Palin says he still talks to his late wife: ‘It’s a bit like losing a limb’

‘Sometimes I will have done something and I’ll get back and tell her about it,’ said ‘Monty Python’ star

The Independent UK

Who is Dr Hamish MacInnes, former owner of doomed Jimmy Savile cottage?

DOCTOR Hamish MacInnes was a legendary Scottish mountain climber, inventor and author who was described as “the father of modern mountain rescue…

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15 biggest talk-show clashes: ‘I’m not your slave and you’re not my master’

From Quentin Tarantino and Krishnan Guru-Murthy to Dakota Johnson and Ellen DeGeneres, Ellie Harrison looks back at the most awkward fall-outs in chat-show history

The Independent UK

My National Gallery review – comforting celebration of the UK’s cherished art collection

Museum staff and familiar faces discuss their favourite paintings as the National Gallery turns 200, in a film that offers personal stories over scholarly pronouncement

The Guardian - UK

Time Bandits: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything you need to know

Time Bandits is an Apple TV Plus fantasy series starring Lisa Kudrow which revamps the famous 1981 adventure movie.

WhatToWatch

10 times metal bands worked with really unlikely collaborators

From members of the Monty Python crew to famous evolutionary biologists, here are some of the strangest hook-ups in rock history

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John Cleese reunites with Monty Python members at Fawlty Towers West End show

The comedy greats posed for photos with the cast of the West End stage adaptation of the beloved sitcom

Evening Standard

The week in TV: Miriam: Death of a Reality Star; The Tattooist of Auschwitz; A Man in Full; Shardlake; Michael Palin in Nigeria – review

TV continues to circle around tragic reality star Miriam Rivera; Sky’s Auschwitz drama is more love story than horror; Jeff Daniels leads a bristling Tom Wolfe adaptation; and Disney’s fine Shardlake does CJ Sansom proud

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Michael Palin concludes his epic trip across Nigeria

The comedian, author and presenter learns about the long shadow of British colonialism. Plus: it’s the Interior Design Masters final. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: two become three in an explosive new dating show

Love Triangle takes modern relationships to the next level. Plus, Michael Palin continues his tour of Nigeria. Here’s what to watch today

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: how a bargain basement horse beat racing’s finest

He’s owned by a group of ordinary blokes from Darlington and won at York races in 2022 – can he do it again? Plus, Michael Palin heads to Nigeria. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

How to watch Michael Palin in Nigeria online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Michael Palin in Nigeria, which hits screens on Tuesday, April 16.

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Five Great Reads: Michael Palin, small homes and confessions of a sociopath

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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Michael Palin on the loss of his wife of 57 years: ‘I’d love Helen to still be here, telling me off’

At 80, the comedian, author and presenter is off on his travels again - this time to Nigeria. He discusses grief, comedy and confrontation

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Michael Palin In Nigeria: release date, destinations, episode guide, trailer, interview and everything we know

Michael Palin In Nigeria on Channel 5 sees the Monty Python star take a 1300-mile journey across Nigeria.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a super trouper night in for Abba fans

A lovely oral history about the Swedish pop group’s time in the UK. Plus, Michael Palin and Anthony Joshua join Jonathan Ross. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Tristram Powell obituary

TV director who made dramas by some of the top screenwriters of the 1980s and 90s, such as Alan Bennett and Alan Plater

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Eric Idle expresses dissatisfaction with Monty Python financial matters on X

Eric Idle, founding member of Monty Python, has recently made some controversial claims about the group. Find out what he had to say about finances, relati...

The Guardian - UK

Great-Uncle Harry by Michael Palin audiobook review – a personal first world war story

The beloved Python narrates his touching tribute to a long-lost relative who was killed at the Somme

The Guardian - UK

Crumbling churches are ‘UK’s biggest heritage challenge’

Thousands of places of worship have shut since 2013 and more than 900 on ‘heritage at risk’ register

The Guardian - UK

David Leland obituary

British director and screenwriter who enjoyed huge success with his 1987 hit film Wish You Were Here

The Guardian - UK

Wish You Were Here director David Leland dies aged 82

The British film-maker also wrote the landmark TV play Made in Britain, starring Tim Roth, and won an Emmy award for Band of Brothers

The Guardian - UK

‘Robert De Niro prepared to play a plumber by watching a brain surgeon’: Terry Gilliam and Jonathan Pryce on making Brazil

De Niro agreed because he was a Python fan, Gilliam cast his daughter but she cut her hair off in protest – and Pryce needed a wig as he’d just been playing a friar with a tonsure

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32 Famous Comedians That Did Sketch Comedy But Were Never SNL Cast Members

Not all sketch comedy heroes were in the SNL cast.

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